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what we remember from that convention is the united states of america. but united is not the same thing as identical. we are not the identical states of america. and today the first business day of the new year, this is one of those days when you might really feel the difference between liberal america and conservative america. as of today, as of this week, people who earn the minimum wage saw their hourly pay go up in ten states. in all those states except for rhode island, the increase happened automatically because the state governments decided at some point that the minimum wage should go up automatically to keep up with inflation. and in those states, the average minimum wage is $8.12 an hour. $8.12 an hour. everywhere else in the country, the average is only $7.40 an hour. if you work full-time for minimum wage, the difference between what just happened in those nine states and everywhere else in the country, it's about $1500 a year, which matters, right? elections, state elections have consequences. there are big differences between the way that o
what we remember from that convention is the united states of america. but united is not the same thing as identical. we are not the identical states of america. and today the first business day of the new year, this is one of those days when you might really feel the difference between liberal america and conservative america. as of today, as of this week, people who earn the minimum wage saw their hourly pay go up in ten states. in all those states except for rhode island, the increase...
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>>> when the united states was ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ i am pink and i am a covergirl. ♪ >>> when the united states was openly mulling the prospect of going to war with iraq, people inside iraq who were enemies of saddam, people who wanted the u.s. to invade iraq and overthrow him found that the u.s. government, and in some cases the u.s. press were very interested in hearing all the horrible things they had to say about saddam. now, saddam was a horrible guy, so it wasn't hard to find horrible things to say about him. but the known record of his awful behavior toward his own people had previously not been enough to get the u.s. to invade iraq. but once the bush administration got bent on war, once it seemed like the u.s. was being led to war, and it just needed to be tipped a little bit further, all sorts of new horrible things about saddam hussein that hadn't been known before started to pop up in the press. a cia report that saddam had imported aluminum tubes that could be used in centrifuges to enrich uranium to make nuclear weapons that exciting little piece of data, which proved to be out of
>>> when the united states was ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ i am pink and i am a covergirl. ♪ >>> when the united states was openly mulling the prospect of going to war with iraq, people inside iraq who were enemies of saddam, people who wanted the u.s. to invade iraq and overthrow him found that the u.s. government, and in some cases the u.s. press were very interested in hearing all the horrible things they had to say about saddam. now, saddam was a horrible guy, so it...
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. >>> how is the united states constitution like a banana peel? well, a certain group of people who are frequently unfunny keep slipping on it. that story is next. ♪ [ slap! ] [ slap! slap! slap! slap! ] ow! ow! [ male announcer ] your favorite foods fighting you? fight back fast with tums. calcium-rich tums starts working so fast you'll forget you had heartburn. ♪ tum tum tum tum tums ♪ [ male announcer ] this is karen and jeremiah. they don't know it yet, but they're gonna fall in love, get married, have a couple of kids, [ children laughing ] move to the country, and live a long, happy life together where they almost never fight about money. [ dog barks ] because right after they get married, they'll find some retirement people who are paid on salary, not commission. they'll get straightforward guidance and be able to focus on other things, like each other, which isn't rocket science. it's just common sense. from td ameritrade. >>> this was the scene earlier today on the house floor. watch. >> we the people of the united states in order t
. >>> how is the united states constitution like a banana peel? well, a certain group of people who are frequently unfunny keep slipping on it. that story is next. ♪ [ slap! ] [ slap! slap! slap! slap! ] ow! ow! [ male announcer ] your favorite foods fighting you? fight back fast with tums. calcium-rich tums starts working so fast you'll forget you had heartburn. ♪ tum tum tum tum tums ♪ [ male announcer ] this is karen and jeremiah. they don't know it yet, but they're gonna fall...
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. >>> how is the united states constitution like a banana peel? well, a certain group of people who are frequently unfunny keep slipping on it. that story is next. meet the 5-passenger ford c-max hybrid. when you're carrying a lot of weight, c-max has a nice little trait, you see, c-max helps you load your freight, with its foot-activated lift gate. but that's not all you'll see, cause c-max also beats prius v, with better mpg. say hi to the all-new 47 combined mpg c-max hybrid. did you know that as we age our need for protein increases, yet many of us don't meet our daily protein needs? that's why there's boost® high protein nutritional drink. each delicious serving provides fifteen grams of protein to help maintain muscle and help meet expert recommended daily protein needs. plus it provides twenty-six essential vitamins and minerals and is gluten-free. help get the nutrition you need with a complete and balanced nutritional drink. try boost® high protein. also available in powder. this has been medifacts for boost®. >>> this was the scene ea
. >>> how is the united states constitution like a banana peel? well, a certain group of people who are frequently unfunny keep slipping on it. that story is next. meet the 5-passenger ford c-max hybrid. when you're carrying a lot of weight, c-max has a nice little trait, you see, c-max helps you load your freight, with its foot-activated lift gate. but that's not all you'll see, cause c-max also beats prius v, with better mpg. say hi to the all-new 47 combined mpg c-max hybrid. did...
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ambassador to the united nations is susan rice. again, this president has made two appointments to the supreme court, both of them women. and i think that his commitment -- >> you think that it is an unfair charge? >> well, i think the record has spoken for itself. >> rosa brooks has written a book, she is a national security law professor at george washington university. >> in terms of the raw numbers, the obama administration is roughly equivalent to the clinton administration in terms of females being appointed, doing better than the bush administration. >> i hold president obama to a high standard, i would like to think we could do a little bit better than the clinton administration, not just go back to the clinton administration, although, if i were about to go off the fiscal cliff, i would hide behind jay carney, too. >> you are not objective about this, apparently, having worked for michelle fourneau. were you surprised that she didn't get the nod? were you surprised that chuck hagel specifically did? >> i was surprised. i t
ambassador to the united nations is susan rice. again, this president has made two appointments to the supreme court, both of them women. and i think that his commitment -- >> you think that it is an unfair charge? >> well, i think the record has spoken for itself. >> rosa brooks has written a book, she is a national security law professor at george washington university. >> in terms of the raw numbers, the obama administration is roughly equivalent to the clinton...
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the country and all of us were caught up in the historical enormity of the fact that the united states of america was about to swear in our first african-american president. and that eight years of republican administration under bush and cheney was coming to an end. that inauguration in 2009 was such a dramatic break from the past, toward a whole new future that i don't think anybody expects that we will have an inauguration quite as consequential as the last one. maybe ever again. but we now know, as part of the historical record, that while the whole country was marveling at the enormity of the transition we were making on inauguration night 2009 something else was going on that night in washington and it had a very different vibe. it was first reported in robert draper's book, do not ask what good we do inside the u.s. house of representatives. it came out this past april. in the frontline documentary that aired this week on pbs, they got everybody to go on record about this. lest you thought this was an apocryphal thing, turns out this did happen. that very first night that presid
the country and all of us were caught up in the historical enormity of the fact that the united states of america was about to swear in our first african-american president. and that eight years of republican administration under bush and cheney was coming to an end. that inauguration in 2009 was such a dramatic break from the past, toward a whole new future that i don't think anybody expects that we will have an inauguration quite as consequential as the last one. maybe ever again. but we now...
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ambassador to the united nations is susan rice. and again, i could go through the list. this president has made two appointments to the supreme court. both of them women. and i think that his commitment to -- >> do you think it's unfair? >> rosa brooks has written about this. it's called no girls allowed, and why the obama administration needs hormone therapy. rosa brooks is a national security law professor at georgetown. she spent two years working for michelle flournoy at the pentagon. great to see you. thanks for your time. >> glad to be here, rachel. >> in terms of the raw numbers, the obama administration is roughly equivalent to the clinton administration in terms of female appointees. it is doing better than the bush administration. but you feel like they're worthy of some criticism on this subject? >> oh, i hold president obama to a pretty high standard. i would like to think after the eight years of the bush administration, we could do a little better than the clinton administration, not just go back to the clinton administration. although i have to say, if i w
ambassador to the united nations is susan rice. and again, i could go through the list. this president has made two appointments to the supreme court. both of them women. and i think that his commitment to -- >> do you think it's unfair? >> rosa brooks has written about this. it's called no girls allowed, and why the obama administration needs hormone therapy. rosa brooks is a national security law professor at georgetown. she spent two years working for michelle flournoy at the...
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joe biden, if he had remained a united states senator he would have been the most senior democrat in the senate. so he knows how this place works, and he has demonstrated a relationship and trust with people across the aisle that has helped put this together. there will be unsung heroes, if you will, in terms of staffers who have worked to hard to make it work. now, there will be members of both parties who don't like it, members giving both sides some credit. however, late in the day, reaching a deal in some principle. but it is a step, far from being over. votes will still matter, votes will be tough to come by. and selling this to the parties and the public is a big part of what happens next, melissa? >> well, kelly, we know that vice president joe biden is on capitol hill, speaking to the democrats right now. and as you mentioned, there are democrats, members of his own party that are holding out, as well. what do you think he is saying to them right now in hopes of swaying them to vote for this? >> reporter: well, i can't get in the mind of joe biden. but i guess it will be like
joe biden, if he had remained a united states senator he would have been the most senior democrat in the senate. so he knows how this place works, and he has demonstrated a relationship and trust with people across the aisle that has helped put this together. there will be unsung heroes, if you will, in terms of staffers who have worked to hard to make it work. now, there will be members of both parties who don't like it, members giving both sides some credit. however, late in the day, reaching...
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that vix gave to barack obama today to celebrate his inauguration as a second-term president of the united states. look. hmm. happy inauguration, mr. president. things are kind of okay. in fact, today's low vix is the lowest vix since the spring of 2007. that's vix going down. vix is low. fear is low. also for the record, the dow jones hit a five-year high today. mazel tov, mr. president. have a great weekend. the reason for this, this low vix dropping, for this opposite of a freak out, simple. eric cantor telling the world, folks, next week we will authorize a three-month temporary debt ceiling increase. that was the announcement from the majority leader of the house republicans announcing they are giving up on what they had been saying for months was their plan, to not approve an increase in the debt ceiling to thereby push the country again into a self-imposed economic crisis and threat of defaulting on our national debt, and all of the economic panic, we know that causes, because they did it before, thaw they did it in 2011, and eric cantor announced today they are not going to do that
that vix gave to barack obama today to celebrate his inauguration as a second-term president of the united states. look. hmm. happy inauguration, mr. president. things are kind of okay. in fact, today's low vix is the lowest vix since the spring of 2007. that's vix going down. vix is low. fear is low. also for the record, the dow jones hit a five-year high today. mazel tov, mr. president. have a great weekend. the reason for this, this low vix dropping, for this opposite of a freak out, simple....
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it says parents of gays unite in support of our children. and she held that sign and marched with her son in this parade in 1972. she did not belong to any group. she was not there with anybody other than her kid. but she didn't like the way her gay son was treated in public and decided to make that sign, to appeal to others out there. she made that sign in greenwich village, when she did that, she later thought the screaming and cheering she heard from the crowd, as she went down the parade route. she thought the cheers were for the famous dr. benjamin spock, who marched behind her in the parade. but as the cheering people screamed and crowded around her she realized the cheering and screaming was for her. as we marched in the parade, she realized, so many people came up and cried for her and others in the route. she said she got calls after calls, calls from parents of other gay kids who just wanted themselves to talk with her. and in 1973, she put together the first meeting. she marched alone in 1972, formed the group in 1973. and by 1978
it says parents of gays unite in support of our children. and she held that sign and marched with her son in this parade in 1972. she did not belong to any group. she was not there with anybody other than her kid. but she didn't like the way her gay son was treated in public and decided to make that sign, to appeal to others out there. she made that sign in greenwich village, when she did that, she later thought the screaming and cheering she heard from the crowd, as she went down the parade...
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he let the woman he hired for sex, let him listen in on the conversations with the president of the united states. the woman he hired, she said she decided to sell her story, and go public, because "it has to be told," wake up america, i mean, if he told me, who else did he tell? so yeah, it was week one on the cover of "time magazine." and here was week two. nice timing. it was just a blockbuster humiliating fall in the middle of the presidential campaign. and that is how dick morris became a famous person. of course, president clinton did recover after the incident, mr. morris went on to become a conservative, and writes books about how sleazy the clintons are, "the green room" has a lot of room for information like that. that is how they came to feature dick morris, tearing a famous wide path of misprognostication. >> there is no chance he will get reelected. romney will win by a very large margin, a landslide, if you will, and we'll also win ten seats in the senate. we have a shot at not only winning in the senate. >> there is no president romney now getting ready to start his first te
he let the woman he hired for sex, let him listen in on the conversations with the president of the united states. the woman he hired, she said she decided to sell her story, and go public, because "it has to be told," wake up america, i mean, if he told me, who else did he tell? so yeah, it was week one on the cover of "time magazine." and here was week two. nice timing. it was just a blockbuster humiliating fall in the middle of the presidential campaign. and that is how...
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but asian units that were not properly recognized for their soldiers' heroism. we are still trying to give appropriate recognition now to the surviving tuskegee airmen, who you saw president obama paying tribute to at his inauguration this week, just as he did at his inauguration in 2009. it was not until world war ii was over in 194 that president harry truman issued an executive order to desegregate the united states armed forces by race. nonwhite service members had been there all along. they had just never been treated equally. president truman ordered that to change. and it was not easy, and it was not even, but it was 1948. and the military having an overt policy of desegregation as of 1948 was a groundbreaking thing, not just for the military, but for our country. and in that same year of racial integration, in 1948, it's pretty much long forgotten, but in that same year in 1948, the congress also passed the women's armed services integration act. 1948. there had been of course the wac, the women's army corps and the marine corps women's reserve there had
but asian units that were not properly recognized for their soldiers' heroism. we are still trying to give appropriate recognition now to the surviving tuskegee airmen, who you saw president obama paying tribute to at his inauguration this week, just as he did at his inauguration in 2009. it was not until world war ii was over in 194 that president harry truman issued an executive order to desegregate the united states armed forces by race. nonwhite service members had been there all along....
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he was born in the united states. his mother is american. his father is from pakistan. the thing that made david headley most valuable to the terrorist groups that trained him was that he was an american, which meant that he could travel easily all over the world without attracting suspicion thanks to his american passport. when the ten attackers arrived in india for the mumbai terrorist attack, none of them had ever been to that city before, but they were able to pull off this highly coordinated, highly mobile multisite attack in a strange city they didn't know because of david headley. they knew exactly where to go because david headley had scouted everything for them. he had given them meticulously prepared videos and reports and gps coordinates about how to wage that assault on that city in november 2008. david headley was not arrested until almost a year after the attack in october 2009. u.s. officials picked him up at o'hare airport in chicago when he was en route to denmark in the midst of planning a second mumbai-style attack. the attack in denmark was going to
he was born in the united states. his mother is american. his father is from pakistan. the thing that made david headley most valuable to the terrorist groups that trained him was that he was an american, which meant that he could travel easily all over the world without attracting suspicion thanks to his american passport. when the ten attackers arrived in india for the mumbai terrorist attack, none of them had ever been to that city before, but they were able to pull off this highly...